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  2. 5 Strength Workouts to Build Sleeve-Busting Biceps - AOL

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    By stretching the biceps in the starting position, this exercise emphasizes the long head for peak development. Lie back on an incline bench set at about 45 degrees. Hold a dumbbell in each hand ...

  3. 22 arm exercises to tone and strengthen your upper body - AOL

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    Stretching is also important for improving posture and releasing tension in the upper body. When you first begin with the dumbbell exercises, start with 3-pound weights and work your way up to 5 ...

  4. 9 exercises to tone and strengthen your biceps - AOL

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    Bicep muscles are important for balance, stability, and functional fitness. This bicep workout stengthens the upper body with bicep curl exercises and variations. 9 exercises to tone and ...

  5. List of weight training exercises - Wikipedia

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    This is a compound exercise that also involves the biceps, forearms, and the rear deltoids. Equipment: cable machine or pulldown machine. Major variants: chin-up or pullup (using the body weight while hanging from a high bar), close grip ~ (more emphasis on the lower lats), reverse grip ~ (more emphasis on the biceps).

  6. Closed kinetic chain exercises - Wikipedia

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    Closed chain exercises are often compound movements, that generally incur compressive forces, while open-chain exercises are often isolation movements that promote more shearing forces. [ 1 ] CKC exercises involve more than one muscle group and joint simultaneously rather than concentrating solely on one, as many OKC exercises do (single-joint ...

  7. Pull-up (exercise) - Wikipedia

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    A U.S. marine performing a pull-up. A pull-up is an upper-body strength exercise.The pull-up is a closed-chain movement where the body is suspended by the hands, gripping a bar or other implement at a distance typically wider than shoulder-width, and pulled up.

  8. 10 Best Free-Weight Exercises for Men to Sculpt Bigger Biceps ...

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    Here are 10 of the best free-weight exercises for men to build bigger biceps and triceps. Gear up to achie. Photo: Shutterstock. Design: Eat This, Not That!Building bigger biceps and triceps is a ...

  9. Eccentric training - Wikipedia

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    This movement has also been described as negative training. This "negative" movement is necessary to reverse the muscle from its initial trajectory. [1]When the load exceeds the force that can be developed by the muscle at a constant length, as in an eccentric muscle action, the exercise is referred to as involving negative work, because the muscle is absorbing energy.